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What Happened on August 16th This Day in History

Year	Name
2020	The August Complex fire in California burns more than one million acres of land.[12]
2015	More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.
2015	Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibl, Pegunungan Bintang, killing all 54 people on board.
2013	The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing.
2012	South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
2010	AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia, killing two people.
2008	The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
2005	West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
1991	Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board.
1989	A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.
1987	Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
1975	Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people after the eight-year Wave Hill walk-off, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 song by Paul Kelly and an annual celebration.
1972	In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat
1966	Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
1964	Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
1960	Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1960	Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico, United States, at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
1954	The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
1946	Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
1946	The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
1945	The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.
1944	First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
1942	World War II: US Navy L-class blimp L-8 drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
1933	Christie Pits riot takes place in Toronto, Ontario.
1930	The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
1930	The first British Empire Games are opened in Hamilton, Ontario, by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
1929	The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
1927	The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
1923	The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
1920	US baseball player Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Next day, Chapman will become the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.
1920	The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
1920	Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
1918	The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
1916	The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
1913	Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
1913	Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
1906	The 8.2 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
1900	The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
1896	Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
1891	The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
1876	Richard Wagner's Siegfried, the penultimate opera in his Ring cycle, premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
1870	Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
1869	Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion largely made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
1863	The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
1859	The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
1858	U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
1841	U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
1819	Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
1812	War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
1793	French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
1792	Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
1780	American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
1777	American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
1652	Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
1570	The Principality of Transylvania is established after John II Zápolya renounces his claim as King of Hungary in the Treaty of Speyer.
1513	Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
1328	The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.
963	Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
942	Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Baghdad.
1	Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.

Famous People Born on August 16

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Year	Name
1975	Taika Waititi, New Zealand director, screenwriter and actor
1948	Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player and manager
1957	Laura Innes, American actress and director
1939	Seán Brady, Irish cardinal
1947	Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to New Zealand
1378	Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)
1915	Al Hibbler, American baritone singer (d. 2001)
1919	Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain (d. 2014)
1936	Anita Gillette, American actress and singer
1945	Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina and educator

Famous People Deaths On August 16

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Date	Name
1938	Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
1979	John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
2014	Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (b. 1947)
2004	Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
1153	Bernard de Tremelay, fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
1959	William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)
2011	Mihri Belli, Turkish activist and politician (b. 1916)
1705	Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
2002	Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937)
1900	José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)